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From: dth@reef.cis.ufl.edu (David Hightower)
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Subject: Re: Looking for Comments/Suggestions for Spaceward Ho! Version 2.0
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Date: 31 May 91 16:45:31 GMT
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As far as battles go:  

	DEFINITELY add the retreat option.  Realistically, if you are
outgunned by your opponent, unless you are suicidal you will always
attempt to retreat.  This, of course, should be fuel based....what about
attempting to retreat even if you don't have enough fuel.....your ships
would be marooned between planets (apologies to Heinlein) and the only
way to retireve them would be to send tankers to them.  Tankers....yeah!
Someone else posted suggesting that--it would be a good idea.

I have seen situations where I send a scout to a distant planet, but
there's nothing there....I come back EONS later, and the crew (and ship)
are still alive and well!  This seems rather odd...

Ditto with the "instantly repaired ships".  It's frustrating to throw
lots of ships at a planet, only to be destroyed by the last enemy
ship...yet you come back next round, and the enemy ship is fully
repaired!

How about being able to pick your targets?  Designate targets for each
of your ships, which would allow the option of ganging up on the
heaviest enemy vessels, or taking out the light defenders first.

I don't agree with being able to divert ships while they are in
hyperspace.  According to the way this game is designed, that would be
impossible....how would you contact them?

Another thing:  all your metal is pooled...so you can build ships on
planet 'A', when the only metal in the universe is on planet 'B' all the
way across the galaxy.  Yet, as soon as it is mined, it is available to
planet 'A'.  How about being able to build only on the planets that have
metal.....or maybe have some sort of time delay (to allow the freighters
to carry the ore).

Captured technologies, maybe?  If you defeat an opponent whose tech
levels are higher than yours, could you acquire some (or all) of their
technologies?

In the game, you are given your opponent's shield and weapons tech
levels at the beginning of a battle....how do you know this?

Just my $0.02 (1965 dollars, adjusted for inflation).

Dave
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